Although Indian police keep no specific numbers on traffic-related assaults, officers interviewed agree that road rage is on the rise, fueled by the country's economic boom and the masses of new vehicles it is adding to the already- crowded roads.

On the first day of his four-nation Asia swing, U.S. President Obama played statesman and salesman Saturday as he paid tribute to the victims and survivors of 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India's commercial capital, and announced $10 billion in business deals.

A footbridge near the main stadium for the Commonwealth Games collapsed Tuesday, injuring 23 construction workers and putting the event in further jeopardy less than two weeks before the opening ceremony.

India may ask Google and Skype for greater access to encrypted information once it resolves security concerns with BlackBerrys, which are now under threat of a ban, according to a government document and two people familiar with the discussions.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart, Yousuf Raza Gilani, held their first meeting in more than nine months on Thursday, signaling a thaw in icy relations since the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

The prime ministers of India and Pakistan will talk on the sidelines of a regional meeting Thursday, an Indian official said, indicating a possible thaw in relations between the South Asian nuclear rivals.

The United States would like to help India and Pakistan focus less on each other and more on the terrorism threat, but the two countries prefer to settle their differences themselves, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.